Champlain's Dream
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Champlain's Dream: The European Founding of North America is a biography written by American historian, David Hackett Fischer and published in 2008. It is a biography of French "soldier, spy, master mariner, explorer, cartographer, artist, and "Father of New France,"" Samuel de Champlain.[1]
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Author | David Hackett Fischer |
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Cover artist | Johannes Vermeer, The Geographer - 1668/69 |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | History |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | 14 October 2008 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 834 p. (hardback edition) |
ISBN | 9781416593324 (hardback edition) |
OCLC | 780062304 |
In this book, Fischer further examines Champlain's personal impact on the establishment of a French colony in the New World - securing royal support despite opposition from formidable foes like Marie de' Medici and Cardinal Richelieu, negotiating with "Indian nations" and imbuing the new colony with the values of humanism.[2] He is also remembered for having survived 27 crossings of the North Atlantic in 37 years - without ever losing a ship.[1] Despite never being the "senior official" of New France, Champlain functioned as an absolute ruler and as Fischer shows, his vision for New France (a vision that was very much a product of Champlain's upbringing and experiences) helps explain both its triumphs and failures.[2]
Fischer has substantial experience using the life and perspective of a great leader to tell a broader historical narrative; he employed a similar structure in Washington's Crossing for which he received a Pulitzer Prize in 2005.[2]